Arumi 11
1 Bai nilongela, buli, Nnongo atikwa kana bandu boti? hata pasene mana nanenga na Muisreal wa lukolo lwa Ibrahimu wa kabila ya Benyamini.
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? By no means. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Nnongo hakanikwa bandu bake, batangite buka samani, je? mutangite kwa liandiko likoya buli usu jyo Eliya, jinsi mwampembelike Nnongo kuhusu Israel?
God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
3 Nngwana babulige kinabii bako, na batibomwa madhabau gako. Nenga kiyango ngani igalile, na bembe bapala bwomi wango.”
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and torn down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 Na lijibu lya nnongo likoya buli kayako?”nitebeka kwaajili yango bandu elfu saba babakotoka kunkilikitya Baali”.
But what saith the answer of God to him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
5 Nga ata nyoo, masiku yeno babile baba igalile sabato ya sawo wa uruma.
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 Lakini mana ibii kwa uruma, twenga le kupendelwa. kichongo chanyo uruma yabakai uruma.
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
7 Namani kae basi? likowe ambalo Israel abile kalipala aina kipata kwa alababa cahaulilwe ngabakipatike, na benge bayejilwe lubendo.
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
8 Nakati mwaiandikikilwe, Nnongo apei mwoyo wo pwindala, minyo lenga kene balole na masikio kene bayowe, mpaka lino.
(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; ) to this day.
9 Nembe Daudi enda baya, “wileke meza yabe ibe lupelele, ntego, pandu pokubala, na poleya kisase sabe.
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence to them:
10 Waleke minyo gembe gambe na lubendo linga kene babone ukapindeya migonga sayote”
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always.
11 Bai nenda longela, je/bakobile mpatulapai? kana ibenyo, badala yake, kwoshindwa kwabe wokovuwikite kwa amataifa, lenga bene kwa yeya bwingu.
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? By no means: but rather through their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Mana itei shindwa kwabe kasabe utajiri wa Dunia na mana hasara yabe utajili wa mataifa, wikiasi gani zaidi yaba ukamilifu kasabe.
Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13 Na saa yino nalonngela na mwenga bandu ba mataifa kwa sababu ni bii mtume wa mataifa ngenge nipuniya uduma yango.
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office:
14 Lakini mbala kwa yeya bwigu baba bile yega jino na nenga kwale tulowa kwalopwa baadhi yabe.
If by any means I may provoke to jealousy them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
15 Mana kanilwa kwabe ni ridhiana na Dunia pokelelwa kwabe kwalowa isa bili ila bwomi buka mu kiwo?
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16 Mana matunda ga kwanza akiba, ngamwebile kwa litongi lya bwembe mana ndandai akiba, ndambi nembe kazalika.
For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 Lakini mana itei badhi ya ndambi itikatibwa kati wenga, lutambe mwitu lwa mzeituni, lwati pandikiswa nkati yake, na mana watishiriki pamope na bembe katika mundandai ya utajiri wa mzeituni,
And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18 Kana wilumbe ju ndambi. Ila mene kawilumba, wenga liwa winyangata ndandai, ila ndandai ikuyagate wenga.
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Bai lwalongela, “ndambi yatitemelwa lenga nipate pandikizwa mukipeto”.
Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Ayo kweli sababu yokotoka aminiya kwabe bati lemelwa, lakini wenga wayeni imara kwasababu ya imani yako. kana wiwase wamwene kwa aliya kunani sana ila uyogope.
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21 Mana manaitei Nnongo mene ailekalii ndambi ya asili, huku urumiya lii na wenga.
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
22 Linga wete, mayenda gana noga na ukaliwa Nnongo kwo pande ngumo, ukale waisi kwa Ayahudi ngabembe batitumbuka. Ila kwo upande wenge, uluma ya Nnongo lwisa kunani yako, mene waigala mu wema wake. malayenge wenga na wenga alowa kukana kutalu.
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them who fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou shalt continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 Na kai, mana bayendelelwa kwa mwo kutoka aminiya kwambe. Balowa pandikizwa kai mana Nnongo abile nowo uwezo wopandikiza kai.
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
24 Mana manaitei mwenga mwati temelwa panja kwa uliokwa zamani mzeituni wa mwitu, na chachungu cha zamani mwati pandikizwa mu mzaituni wabe bene.
For if thou wast cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 Mana mwalongo nipendi kwa kene mutange, usikakana na siri yee. lenga wete kene mwabe na isima nkati ya wasa kwinu mwabene. Siri yeye ni kuwa nonopa kupitike Israel, mpaka kamilika kwa mataifa pwa kwagapala isa.
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part hath happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles shall be come in.
26 Nanyo Israel bote baokoka, kati mweandikilwe, “buka Sayuni alowaisa jwa kutulopwa. Alowa kubuya ubaya buka kwa Yakobo.
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 Na ate alelya panga lilagano lyango pamope na bembe muda panalowa kwibuya zambi yabe”.
For this is my covenant to them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 kwo upade wenge husu injili, benda kasirika kwaajili yinu. Kwo upande wenge buka na kuchawa kwa Nnongo, batipendelwa kwa mwanza ya kibokulo.
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
29 Kwa kuwa sawali ya kemelwa na Nnongo igalambuka kwako.
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 Kwa mana hapo zamani mwate kunkana nnongo, ila nambe yambe mujogoprte rehma sababu ya asi kwabe.
For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Kwa anda yoyo-yo, tubwe aba Ayahudi batiasi. Chakipitike kumbe buka na huruma ya muyaliwite mwenga bendo weza kai pokya rehema.
Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Jinsi mwebile ngolo utajili na hekima na malipwa ga nnongo! Ichunguzika kwako ukumu yake, na ndela ya ichunguzika kwako!
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 Mana nyai lwaitangite liwazo lwa Nngwana? au nyai lwabile shauli wake?
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Au nyai lwabijwa kwanza kupeya kilebe Nnongo, lenga alepelwe kai?
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?
